Vinson & Elkins LLP, REITs | Chambers USA Profile

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For more than 35 years, lawyers in Vinson & Elkins’ Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) practice have been helping clients achieve their business objectives. We counsel clients on corporate, securities, tax, regulatory, financial, organizational, and other matters, including REIT formation transactions and capital markets transactions, restructurings and going-private transactions, and UpREIT and DownREIT structures. Additionally, V&E also has one of the largest teams of dedicated REIT practitioners in the industry, and we are consistently engaged in numerous transformational transactions for our clients.

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Chambers Review

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REITs - USA - Nationwide

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Vinson & Elkins provides guidance to a broad client base of sponsors, issuers and underwriters, as well as other critical real estate players, on a comprehensive array of REIT processes, such as formation, transactions, regulations, tax and other concerns. Demonstrates a particular aptitude for the discipline of REIT capital markets offerings, including both private and public debt and equity offerings, such as Rule 144A offerings, and IPOs, as well as REIT M&A.

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Work Highlights

Vinson & Elkins advised Global Medical REIT in connection with its $300 million at-the-market offering of its common stock.

Strengths

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Vinson & Elkins have a team of highly experienced REIT lawyers, who are extremely professional and provide prompt responses.

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Vinson & Elkins provides a solutions-based approach to every matter, and focuses on achieving clients' desired outcomes at every juncture.

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Vinson & Elkins has an experienced and accomplished REIT practice group. The law firm provides high-quality service and is unfailingly responsive.

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Vinson & Elkins has a tremendous knowledge base in the REITs space and a highly responsive team. Its strength is that it understands the underlying business needs well.

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The team at Vinson & Elkins takes a creative approach in structuring transactions. This creative scoping approach and the law firm's competitive rates set them apart.

REITs respondent
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Vinson & Elkins have a team of highly experienced REIT lawyers, who are extremely professional and provide prompt responses.

REITs respondent
USA

Vinson & Elkins provides a solutions-based approach to every matter, and focuses on achieving clients' desired outcomes at every juncture.

REITs respondent
USA

Vinson & Elkins has an experienced and accomplished REIT practice group. The law firm provides high-quality service and is unfailingly responsive.

REITs respondent
USA

Vinson & Elkins has a tremendous knowledge base in the REITs space and a highly responsive team. Its strength is that it understands the underlying business needs well.

REITs respondent
USA

The team at Vinson & Elkins takes a creative approach in structuring transactions. This creative scoping approach and the law firm's competitive rates set them apart.

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USA

Notable Practitioners

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Daniel M LeBey

Band 1

Daniel LeBey is routinely called upon by both sponsors and REITs for his ability to handle equity and debt offerings, as well as M&A.

Daniel never takes his eye off the ball. He is able to handle complicated transactions, and his leadership really stands out.

Daniel is excellent, very thorough, conscientious and he asks the right questions. Daniel knows what's important and is everything that you want in a lawyer.

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Paige Anderson

Band 2

Paige Anderson has a strong presence in the tax space and is frequently called upon to handle the structural issues encountered when REITs are engaged in major transactions.

Paige provides top-notch legal advice that is practical and commercial but most importantly protects the interests of her clients.

Paige is a trusted adviser on REIT tax issues.

Paige is smart, creative in her approach and she is an excellent lawyer.

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Christopher C Green

Band 4

Christopher Green is particularly adept at handling securities offerings on behalf of underwriters and mortgage REITs.

Christopher focuses on the right things. He is reasonable, business-minded and clients love him.

Christopher provides a seamless service and excellent advice.

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S Gregory Cope

Band 5

Gregory Cope acts as counsel to both underwriters and major REITs on M&A and equity offerings.

Gregory is very knowledgeable and intuitive with respect to the motivations of parties in an M&A context.

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Zach Swartz

Band 5

Zach Swartz focuses his practice on representing property trusts, REITs and financial institutions in REIT security offerings and M&A transactions.

Zach is very knowledgeable and reliably responsive. He is instrumental and a go-to partner.

Zach is an absolute lifeline. He is incredibly available, responsive and has huge resources. He has deep experience and knowledge of anything that comes up.

Zach is a very accomplished partner who is wise beyond his years.

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